Surah Ibrāhīm (Abraham) in English

1. مهطعين مقنعي رءوسهم لا يرتد إليهم طرفهم وأفئدتهم هواء

   43

   Scrambling with their heads upturned, there will be a fixed gaze in their eyes, and their hearts will be vacant.

   muhṭiʿīna muqniʿī ruʾūsihim lā yartaddu ʾilayhim ṭarfuhum wa-ʾafʾidatuhum hawāʾun

2. وأنذر الناس يوم يأتيهم العذاب فيقول الذين ظلموا ربنا أخرنا إلى أجل قريب نجب دعوتك ونتبع الرسل أولم تكونوا أقسمتم من قبل ما لكم من زوال

   44

   Warn the people of the day when the punishment will overtake them, whereat the wrongdoers will say, ‘Our Lord! Respite us for a short time so that we may respond to Your call and follow the apostles.’ [They will be told,] ‘Did you not use to swear earlier that there would be no reverse for you,

   wa-ʾandhiri n-nāsa yawma yaʾtīhimu l-ʿadhābu fa-yaqūlu lladhīna ẓalamū rabbanā ʾakhkhirnā ʾilā ʾajalin qarībin nujib daʿwataka wa-nattabiʿi r-rusula ʾa-wa-lam takūnū ʾaqsamtum min qablu mā lakum min zawālin

3. وسكنتم في مساكن الذين ظلموا أنفسهم وتبين لكم كيف فعلنا بهم وضربنا لكم الأمثال

   45

   while you dwelt in the dwellings of those who had wronged themselves [before], and it had been made clear to you how We had dealt with them [before you], and We had [also] cited examples for you?’

   wa-sakantum fī masākini lladhīna ẓalamū ʾanfusahum wa-tabayyana lakum kayfa faʿalnā bihim wa-ḍarabnā lakumu l-ʾamthāla

4. وقد مكروا مكرهم وعند الله مكرهم وإن كان مكرهم لتزول منه الجبال

   46

   They certainly devised their plots, but their plots are known to Allah, and their plots are not such as to dislodge the mountains.

   wa-qad makarū makrahum wa-ʿinda llāhi makruhum wa-ʾin kāna makruhum li-tazūla minhu l-jibālu

5. فلا تحسبن الله مخلف وعده رسله إن الله عزيز ذو انتقام

   47

   So do not suppose that Allah will break His promise to His apostles. Indeed Allah is all-mighty, avenger.

   fa-lā taḥsabanna llāha mukhlifa waʿdihī rusulahū ʾinna llāha ʿazīzun dhū ntiqāmin

6. يوم تبدل الأرض غير الأرض والسماوات وبرزوا لله الواحد القهار

   48

   The day when the earth is turned into another earth and the heavens [as well], and they are presented before Allah, the One, the All-paramount

   yawma tubaddalu l-ʾarḍu ghayra l-ʾarḍi wa-s-samāwātu wa-barazū li-llāhi l-wāḥidi l-qahhāri

7. وترى المجرمين يومئذ مقرنين في الأصفاد

   49

   —on that day you will see the guilty bound together in chains,

   wa-tarā l-mujrimīna yawmaʾidhin muqarranīna fī l-ʾaṣfādi

8. سرابيلهم من قطران وتغشى وجوههم النار

   50

   their garments made of pitch, and the Fire covering their faces,

   sarābīluhum min qaṭirānin wa-taghshā wujūhahumu n-nāru

9. ليجزي الله كل نفس ما كسبت إن الله سريع الحساب

   51

   so that Allah may reward every soul for what it has earned. Indeed Allah is swift at reckoning.

   li-yajziya llāhu kulla nafsin mā kasabat ʾinna llāha sarīʿu l-ḥisābi

10. هذا بلاغ للناس ولينذروا به وليعلموا أنما هو إله واحد وليذكر أولو الألباب

    52

    This is a proclamation for mankind, so that they may be warned thereby and know that He is indeed the One God, and those who possess intellect may take admonition.

    hādhā balāghun li-n-nāsi wa-li-yundharū bihī wa-li-yaʿlamū ʾannamā huwa ʾilāhun wāḥidun wa-li-yadhdhakkara ʾulū l-ʾalbābi